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<h1>Create a frameset
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<p>When designing for a help Web site, you may choose to <a href="frcr.htm">create a frameset</a> for your help content. After you have created a frameset, you <a href="htaxin.htm">add the HTML Help ActiveX control</a> to the frames that you want to have help functionality.
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<p>Framesets are a way of specifying multiple, independent, scrollable regions within a browser window. Each frame can contain a separate HTML document. You can have frames that scroll and resize, depending on how you author the frameset.
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<p>You need to assign a name to each frame you create. This will enable you to link from one frame to another. For example, one frame can contain a table of contents and another frame topics. When a user clicks an entry in the table of contents a topic opens in the other frame.
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<p>You can use the HTML Help ActiveX control to add the following to your frameset: 
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	<li><a href="cntcr.htm">A table of contents.</a>
	<li><a href="idxweb.htm">An index.</a>
	<li><a href="httag4.htm">Related topic links.</a>
	<li><a href="htlink7.htm">Links to a WinHelp file or topic.</a>
	<li><A HREF="ms-its:hhaxref.chm::/ocx_splash.htm">A splash screen.</a>
	<li><a href="popwin.htm">Pop-up windows.</a>
	<li>A link that opens a dialog box displaying the version number of the HTML Help ActiveX control.
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	<li>If you don't want to create your own frameset to display topics you can use the <A HREF="tripane.htm">Help Viewer</A>. There is a performance gain when using the Help Viewer.
	<li>You can <a href="chmweb.htm">link to a compiled help file</a> from a Web site, and have your users download the file, instead of designing your help to appear on the Web. 
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